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Slash and Tom Morello recreate their epic Guitar Hero duels in live shred-off

The pair unleashed solo fireworks aplenty as they gave their 2020 collaboration Interstate 80 its live debut

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Win a Nuno Bettencourt Washburn N4-Nuno Vintage signature model by entering this guitar giveaway

The US-made instrument is worth $2,599, and will be given away to one reader

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Watch Nuno Bettencourt shred Van Halen's Hot for Teacher – on a Strat

In a long-form chat with Rick Beato, Bettencourt also discussed a part of EVH's guitar arc that “nobody talks about”

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Nuno Bettencourt explains what’s underrated about Tom Morello’s guitar playing – and why it “pisses me off a little bit”

The Extreme virtuoso voiced his thoughts on his Rage Against the Machine guitar buddy in a recent joint press conference

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Mateus Asato proves why Nuno Bettencourt both loves and hates him with this killer Get the Funk Out guest spot

The Brazilian guitarist has had a dream weekend – jamming onstage with Extreme and meeting Steve Vai in a whirlwind 24-hour trip

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Watch Tom Morello and Nuno Bettencourt trade solos as they cover Audioslave’s Cochise with Gary Cherone

The two Extreme members joined Morello for a version of the Chris Cornell-fronted classic – complete with an extended guitar solo section

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Inside the new issue of Total Guitar: The Solos Issue

Also in issue 372! Interviews: Nuno Bettencourt, Guthrie Govan, Tigercub, Island Of Love and more! Reviews: Cort G300 Glam, DOD reissue pedals, Fender Tone Master Princeton Reverb combo, Walrus Audio Melee, Vox amPlug Brian May. Learn songs by Foo Fighters, Queen and Arctic Monkeys

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Nuno Bettencourt says the Rise solo opens with a mistake

The Extreme guitarist reveals his recent technical masterpiece starts with an error: “I miss the whole string completely, I was so excited”

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Hear the new Extreme single that Nuno Bettencourt says features his favorite solo on the whole album

Other Side of the Rainbow is the latest single from the rock veterans’ forthcoming album, Six – and Nuno prefers its solo to Rise

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Nuno Bettencourt once played through Eddie Van Halen’s rig, but said it was “a horrible nightmare”

“That was the biggest bitch slap of all time, when you realize, ‘Holy shit, it’s all about you. It’s all about your fingers,’” the Extreme virtuoso told Rick Beato

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Nuno Bettencourt says he recorded with a seven-string for the first time on this new Extreme track

The shred legend says he stretched his wings and gave his N7 signature its recording debut on the band’s forthcoming album

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Nuno Bettencourt says one of the new Extreme songs made Steve Vai and Tom Morello cry

Spoiler alert: it wasn't Rise – a track that Bettencourt says has become so popular because he didn't play it sitting down

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Extreme cancel forthcoming M3 Rock Festival appearance due to Nuno Bettencourt knee injury

Bettencourt performed seated with Extreme earlier this week on the Monsters of Rock cruise after injuring himself in a basketball game

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Nuno Bettencourt: “I told the guys, ‘I wanna go for blood on this album.’ I wanted to make it fun with the guitar... to bring joy into it, to bring passion into it”

Bettencourt takes us behind the guitar album of 2023 and admits that, 15 years ago, he might have “fixed” the Rise solo and ruined it. Now, it's all about letting it rip – about making us all excited again

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Nuno Bettencourt performs sitting down after busting his knee on Monsters of Rock Cruise – but still nails the Rise solo

The Extreme guitarist apologized to fans for his injury, yet battled on to deliver a set worthy of a standing ovation

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Nuno Bettencourt on Rihanna Super Bowl halftime show appearance: "The hell with the NFL for not giving any love to the band"

Though he expressed gratitude toward the pop superstar for involving him in the show, the Extreme guitarist bemoaned the lack of camera time Rihanna's band received during the much-watched performance

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Nuno Bettencourt turns up the heat as he debuts his virtuosic Rise solo live on the Monsters of Rock Cruise 2023

The best guitar solo of 2023 so far gets its first public performance as Extreme rock out on the high seas

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Watch Extreme’s Nuno Bettencourt play the Rise solo live for the first time

Spoiler alert: it’s scary clean

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Nuno Bettencourt says Prince once called him “one of the top three guitar players in the world”

The Purple One witnessed the Extreme guitarist play as part of an Earth, Wind & Fire tribute concert, and ended up dishing out some very high praise indeed

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Is Nuno Bettencourt one of the top three guitar players in the world? Prince thought so

Bettencourt said performing for Prince was terrifying but he left an almighty impression on the Purple One

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Eddie Van Halen was making plans for a farewell tour with the original Van Halen lineup

Extreme guitarist Nuno Bettencourt revealed that Van Halen had been planning to reunite with Michael Anthony for the farewell shows

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Eddie Van Halen was planning a farewell tour with the original Van Halen lineup

Extreme guitarist Nuno Bettencourt reveals that Eddie Van Halen was planning on bringing Michael Anthony back to the band for one final tour

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Extreme continue their explosive comeback and highlight Nuno Bettencourt's virtuosity in two scorching new singles

Hear the heavy riffs and mind-melting solos of #Rebel and Banshee – the latest tracks to be lifted from the band's upcoming album, Six

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Nuno Bettencourt says rock songs are “nursery rhymes for adults” and explains his theory for adding depth to simple arrangements

The Extreme guitarist says that if we want to make rock with big ideas it all comes down to what he calls “simplexity”

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Hear Joe Satriani tap into his emotive prowess and serve up soaring solos in epic orchestral track, All Things Sacred

The song marks the virtuoso's third collaborative effort with composer Kitt Wakeley, and is lifted from one of 2023's most star-studded guitar albums

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